General purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about one of the most bloodiest events in human history.
Thesis: ‘blood diamonds’ is the term referred to one of the most famous tragedies in history.
Introduction:
Attention Getter:
Blood Diamond is a 2006 American political war thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou.[3] The title refers to blood diamonds, which are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to finance conflicts, and thereby profit warlords and diamond companies across the world.
Set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1996–2001, the film shows a country torn apart by the struggle between government soldiers and rebel forces.[4] It also portrays many of the atrocities of that war, including the rebels' amputation of people's hands to discourage them from voting in upcoming elections.
Thesis:
‘blood diamonds’ is the term referred to brutal civil wars and genocides in African history.
Main points:
African diamond
Diamond conflicts
War crimes
Body:
African diamonds
Diamond were first found in Africa sometime in the 1860s, and have troubled the continent ever since.
2/3 (57,8%) of the world’s forecast diamond resources come from Africa.
15 diamond-mining countries in Africa: Angola, Botswana, Namibia and the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra Leone, the Central African Republic, Tanzania and Togo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Ghana and Congo.
Source: http://www.rough-polished.com/en/analytics/41954.html
How diamonds became blood diamonds
The Nature of Diamonds Facilitates Illegal Trade * Diamonds are found in remote areas of the world. * It’s easy to extract diamond. * Diamonds are easy to be concealed and smuggled across borders. * It’s difficult to trace the origins of diamonds.
What are blood diamonds? Conflict diamonds – also known as